Alternative output format with color

[jpcima]

Hi. Can we discuss the possibility of improving the format of boost.build's console output? I have created my own patch in order to to make the output of my builds more visually pleasing. By default, the build output occupies a lot of screen space and is not easily distinguished from the output of the compiler. I took some screen captures for comparison. The code is for Windows and ANSI terminals and does not disrupt pipe output. I listen to your comments and suggestions.

[swatanabe]

There should be an option to control this explicitly. Also, it would be better to use descriptive names like TC_ACTION_NAME instead of naming a specific color.

[mloskot]

There was a brief discussion on such feature here https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/3508 followed-up on the mailing list, see https://lists.boost.org/boost-build/2012/01/25582.php

Wouldn't the colourful messages implemented as part of the ECHO be more B2 canonical? What is the right way to appraoch this

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